Van der Poel imperious in Zolder
Dutchman makes it four from four in World Cup
The opening race at the cyclo-cross World Cup round in Zolder was won by Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands). Once again the world champion crushed his rivals. Already during the opening lap Van der Poel made the difference. Lap after lap he extended his lead on the relatively fast course at the Terlaemen car circuit. Logan Owen (USA) proved to be best of the rest. The US champion won the sprint of a four-man chase group at two minutes from the untouchable winner.
In the World Cup standings, Van der Poel maintains his maximum amount of points after four World Cup rounds. Owen moves from fourth into second place, just ahead of Martijn Budding (Netherlands). Three times runner-up Quinten Hermans (Belgium) is injured and didn't take the start in Zolder. He drops from second to fourth place in the World Cup standings. The next World Cup round is held in Rome, Italy on January 6, with the World Cup finale following two weeks later in the Netherlands.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands | 0:43:27 |
2 | Logan Owen (USA) United States | 0:01:58 |
3 | Martijn Budding (Ned) Netherlands | 0:02:01 |
4 | Clement Russo (Fra) France | 0:02:02 |
5 | Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:05 |
6 | Marco König (Ger) Germany | 0:02:12 |
7 | Kobe Goossens (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:14 |
8 | Richard Jansen (Ned) Netherlands | 0:02:23 |
9 | Dominic Grab (Swi) Switzerland | 0:02:27 |
10 | Leo Vincent (Fra) France | 0:02:28 |
11 | Mathieu Morichon (Fra) France | 0:02:31 |
12 | Adam Toupalik (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:02:45 |
13 | Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Italy | 0:02:55 |
14 | Jonas Degroote (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:57 |
15 | Jan Vastl (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:02:58 |
16 | Thijs Aerts (Bel) Belgium | 0:03:00 |
17 | Stan Wijkel (Ned) Netherlands | 0:03:01 |
18 | Stijn Caluwe (Bel) Belgium-B | 0:03:08 |
19 | Karel Pokorny (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:03:12 |
20 | Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland | 0:03:18 |
21 | Ben Boets (Bel) Belgium | 0:03:28 |
22 | Yannick Peeters (Bel) Belgium | 0:03:38 |
23 | Thomas Joseph (Bel) Belgium-B | 0:03:47 |
24 | Curtis White (USA) United States | 0:03:50 |
25 | Alexander Ameel (Bel) Belgium-B | 0:03:52 |
26 | Lukas Meiler (Ger) Germany | 0:04:07 |
27 | Ward Van Laer (Bel) Belgium-B | 0:04:09 |
28 | Bjorn Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands | 0:05:27 |
29 | Maxx Chance (USA) United States | 0:05:29 |
30 | Martin Dejmek (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:05:36 |
31 | Nathaniel Morse (USA) United States | 0:05:50 |
32 | Manuel Müller (Ger) Germany | 0:06:06 |
33 | Karel Svrcina (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:06:34 |
34 | Elias Van Hecke (Bel) Belgium-B | 0:06:57 |
-1lap | Lucas Wollenhaupt (Ger) Germany | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Spencer Downing (USA) United States | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Remigiusz Gil (Pol) Poland | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Stephen Bassett (USA) United States | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands | 240 | pts |
2 | Logan Owen (USA) United States | 165 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Martijn Budding (Ned) Netherlands | 160 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Quinten Hermans (Bel) Belgium | 150 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Belgium | 130 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Karel Pokorny (Cze) Czech Republic | 111 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Kobe Goossens (Bel) Belgium | 98 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Clement Russo (Fra) France | 84 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Marco König (Ger) Germany | 79 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Italy | 76 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Richard Jansen (Ned) Netherlands | 71 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Dominic Grab (Swi) Switzerland | 65 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Adam Toupalik (Cze) Czech Republic | 63 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Ben Boets (Bel) Belgium | 62 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jan Vastl (Cze) Czech Republic | 60 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Yannick Peeters (Bel) Belgium | 49 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Curtis White (USA) United States | 49 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Bjorn Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands | 45 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Leo Vincent (Fra) France | 39 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Thomas Joseph (Bel) Belgium | 39 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Elie Gesbert (Fra) France | 38 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Thijs Aerts (Bel) Belgium | 35 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland | 35 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Stijn Caluwe (Bel) Belgium | 33 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Elias Van Hecke (Bel) Belgium | 32 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Lukas Meiler (Ger) Germany | 28 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) France | 27 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Mathieu Morichon (Fra) France | 20 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Jonas Degroote (Bel) Belgium | 20 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Karel Svrcina (Cze) Czech Republic | 20 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Moreno Pellizzon (Ita) Italy | 17 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Stan Wijkel (Ned) Netherlands | 14 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Simon Vozar (Svk) Slovakia | 13 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Ward Van Laer (Bel) Belgium | 13 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Adrian Auerbacher (Ger) Germany | 12 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Giulio Franzolin (Ita) Italy | 10 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Manuel Müller (Ger) Germany | 9 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Martin Dejmek (Cze) Czech Republic | 9 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Filip Kubin (Cze) Czech Republic | 8 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Gianni Van Donink (Bel) Belgium | 7 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Alexander Ameel (Bel) Belgium | 6 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Jack Ravenscroft (GBr) Great Britain | 6 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Dominik Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic | 6 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Adam King (GBr) Great Britain | 5 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Roman Lehky (Cze) Czech Republic | 5 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Sébastien Havot (Fra) France | 4 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Simon Vitzthum (Swi) Switzerland | 4 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Kamil Malecki (Pol) Poland | 3 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Manuel Todaro (Ita) Italy | 3 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Maxx Chance (USA) United States | 2 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Lukasz Manski (Pol) Poland | 1 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
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